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    Pope Francis – Tradition in Transition

    Pope Francis – Tradition in Transition

    Author: Massimo Faggioli
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    This book by a Catholic academic in Minnesota offers a considered account of the early pontificate of Pope Francis, beginning from the surprise resignation of…… Read More »
    Much Ado about Something

    Much Ado about Something

    Author: Larry Culliford
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    It was arresting to read on the inside cover of Larry's new book that it embodied the goals of the SMN in integrating intuitive insights…… Read More »
    Jesus' Copernican Revolution

    Jesus' Copernican Revolution

    Author: James P. Danaher
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    It is well known that we interpret texts in accordance with our existing views, and this also applies to the New Testament. This subversive book…… Read More »
    Inclusivity

    Inclusivity

    Author: Diarmuid O'Murchu
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    Diarmuid O'Murchu is an Irish priest and social psychologist who takes a radical view of the gospel message, as indicated by his title. Although Jesus…… Read More »
    Thomas Merton Peacemaker

    Thomas Merton Peacemaker

    Author: John Dear
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    I read Merton's On Peace over 30 years ago, and remember reading one of the pieces entitled A Devout Meditation on Adolf Eichmann to a…… Read More »
    Health Revelations from Heaven and Earth

    Health Revelations from Heaven and Earth

    Authors: Dr Stephen Sinatra, Tommy Rosa
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This unusual book is a collaboration between a healer had a near death experience in 1999 and a holistic cardiologist. The introduction explains how the…… Read More »
    The Decision Trap

    The Decision Trap

    Author: Silja Samerski
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This important book could not be less similar in its slant than the one immediately above. The framework within which the discussions of the book…… Read More »
    Super Genes

    Super Genes

    Authors: Deepak Chopra, Rudolph E. Tanzi
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This book follows the authors' collaboration on Super Brain, bringing together Chopra's expertise on mind-body medicine with Tanzi's knowledge of genetics – he is professor…… Read More »
    Black Holes - a Very Short Introduction

    Black Holes - a Very Short Introduction

    Author: Katherine Blundell
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    This book describes not only the physics underlying the phenomenon of black holes, but also the history of thinking about these issues that led to…… Read More »
    Junk DNA

    Junk DNA

    Author: Nessa Carey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    Following her earlier book, The Epigenetics Revolution, Nessa Carey takes the reader on a tour through what she calls the dark matter of the genome,…… Read More »
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